noisycricket
noisycricket Reader
12/26/08 8:36 p.m.

Forum not named, to protect the guilty:

EricM
EricM Reader
12/26/08 9:12 p.m.

ground clearance?

aussiesmg
aussiesmg HalfDork
12/26/08 9:16 p.m.

I am seriously jealous of anybody could fit those under a car..

wherethefmi2000
wherethefmi2000 Reader
12/26/08 9:24 p.m.

that just seems like a very inefficient design

m4ff3w
m4ff3w GRM+ Memberand Dork
12/26/08 9:33 p.m.
MikeSVO
MikeSVO New Reader
12/27/08 7:38 a.m.

That's COOL. I've thought (daydreamed) about trying something like that. Those would fit under a Fox Mustang if you gave up some rear seat space. I like that a lot.

ignorant
ignorant SuperDork
12/27/08 8:42 a.m.

not these piles of crap again

matt_fulghum
matt_fulghum New Reader
12/27/08 9:08 a.m.

the exhaust gasses have significantly cooled off by the time they get to the muffler, sooooo the temperature differential these are working with is greatly reduced, meaning jack for power to drive the compressor. This is basic thermodynamics... I really wish people would learn it.

Varkwso
Varkwso Reader
12/27/08 3:06 p.m.

The STS kit for LS motors adds about 7 PSI I hear. Thermodynamics will be diminished but not eliminated.

skruffy
skruffy Dork
12/27/08 4:09 p.m.

I've seen plenty of cars like this on the internets that are plenty fast. It doesn't seem like it would work but it does.

wherethefmi2000
wherethefmi2000 Reader
12/27/08 4:28 p.m.

The sts kit though is an inline design. the turbo is NOT mounted to the Side ot the muffler. That really just looks like a bunch of crappy welds (I don't weld and I can see that looks like crap). You'd be better off mounting a flange inplace of the muffler and directly bolting the Turbo to that. Just my .02

noisycricket
noisycricket Reader
12/27/08 8:31 p.m.

But that's not much of a sleeper if the turbos are easily visible...

It's clear that the aft mounted turbo setup works. You just have to size the turbine correctly. The same mass of gases are flowing through, maybe more if the converter is working :)

IIRC one of (our) WWII fighters had the turbocharger mounted aft of the cockpit. Front engine, obviously.

neon4891
neon4891 SuperDork
12/27/08 8:36 p.m.

it looks rediculous, but i kind of like it. Not sure why...

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